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PATENTED MAY 31, 1904.

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MINING GAR.

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PATENT Orricn.

ARNOLD STUCKI, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO STAND- ARD STEEL OAR 00., OF PITTSBU OF PENNSYLVANIA.

RG, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION MINING-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,264, dated May 31, 1904.

Application filed November 23, 1903. Serial No. 182,341. (No model.)

To aZZ w/wm it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARNOLD STUCKI, a resident of Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mining-Oars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to mining-cars constructed of metal; and its object is to improve 'cars of this type in particulars hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure'l is a side view of my improved car. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view;

and Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line v 4 4, Fig. 3.

My car is constructed entirely of metal and has one end of the-body open and provided with a swinging door, as is usual with cars of this class;

plate 3, and an end door 4. The floor and side plates are connected by means of angle-bars 5, and the latter also serve as the sills,and having the stationary axle 6 secured thereto by means of yokesor other fasteners 7, the wheels plate 3, especially with high cars, is comparatively low, the side plates projecting above the same a considerable distance, as shown in Fig. 4. Triangular gusset-plates 12 are secured to the top edges of the end plate 3 and to the projecting portion of the car sides, be-

ing connected to the latter by means of the upwardly-projecting portions of the anglebars 10 above referred to. The inclined edges of these gusset-plates are flanged outwardly, as at 13, to stiffen the same. The top edge of The body comprises a floor plate or plates 1, side plates 2, one stationary end the end plate 3 is strengthened by means of a transverse angle-bar 14:, riveted thereto, and the top edges of the side plates are also strengthened and finished by means of longitudinal angle-bars 15, riveted thereto.

' At the open end of the car the side plates are supported by means of externally-arranged angle-bars l7. Extending across the open end is a transverse angle-bar 18, secured to the top edges of the sides, and to facilitate this connection the outwardly-projecting leg 19 of the angle-bars 15 is bent to a horizontal position, at least at their end portions, as shown at 20, thus givinga horizontal surface for riveting thereto the transverse angle-bar 18. To this transverse angle-bar are secured the hingebutts 21 for the end door 4:. The hinge-straps 22 extend practically down to the lower edge of the door, thus strengthening the same, and

the door is further stifiened near its lower edge by a transverse angle-bar 23.

The connection between the transverse bar 18 and the car sides is strengthened by means of triangular gusset-plates 24, secured to the said transverse bar and car sides.

The free end of the door is locked to the floor by means of an automatic latch, that shown comprising a bent lever 25, pivoted to the door at 26 and having an upwardly-projecting handle 27 and a downwardly-projecting latch 28. The handle 27 is so positioned that its center of gravity cannot come into a vertical line with the center of the pivot 26, so that said lever will act by gravity to keep the latch depressed. The lower end of this latch is beveled, as indicated at 29, as is common with door-latches, so as to slide over the floor-plate and snap into an opening formed in said plate or behind a shoulder formed on said plate. As aconsequence when the door is swung to its closed position it will automatically look without f ier attention.

The floor-plate projec ond the ends of the car, as at 32, and s ed to the lower face thereof underneath the end plate 3 and the door 4 are transverse angle-bars 33, which serve to connect "the car sides, especially at the door end, and serve to keep the car in shape. Abutting against the outer faces of these angle-bars and secured to the lower faces of the projecting portions 32 of the floorplate are the bufler and coupler castings 34, and also secured to the lower faces of the floor-plate and abutting against the rear side of the angle-bars 33 are the braces 35, which may be either castings or pressed scoop-shaped plates. Buffer-blocks 36 are suitably secured, as by means of bolts, to the buffer-castings 34, these blocks taking the shocks, so that in case of breakage only these small and inexpensive blocks need to be renewed. v

The car is provided with brake-blocks 37, one on each side of the car and bearing against the upper portions of the wheels. These brake-blocks are carried on vertical rods 38, guided in brackets 39, secured to the car sides. The lower end of the rod 38 on one side is connected to an arm 40, secured to a rockshaft 41, extending transversely underneath thecar-floor and secured thereto by hangers 42. To'the opposite end of this rock-shaftis secured a lever 43, extending out to the end of the car in suitable position to be readily grasped, and the rod 38 on that side of-the car-is secured to an offset 'on said lever.

Riveted to the car sides is a strap 44, having thereon a bracket 45 for supporting the lever 43 to hold the brake-blocks out of contact with the wheels and also provided with aseries of ratchet-teeth 46, which are engaged by the lever when the latter is presseddown to apply the brakes.

The car described-is constructed entirely of metal and principally of standard-structural shapes and flat-plates. The design is very simple and at the same time a strong car is provided. The locking means for the door is such that it operates automatically when the door is swung to its closed position, and the low stationary end facilitates loading the car by shoveling. It will be obvious, of course, that in place of the angle-bars shown in the drawings other flanged bars-such as channels, T-bars, or the likemay be employed.

What I claim is 1. A body for mining-cars having one end open and comprising floor and side plates and one stationary end plate, flanged bars connecting said plates, flanged bars secured to the upper edges of the side plates, a flanged bar extending across the open end of the body and secured to the sides, a door hinged to said bar, and means for locking the free end of said oor.

2. A body for mining-cars having-one end open and comprising floor-plates, one station ary end plate, inclined side plates, means for uniting said plates, flanged bars having one flange riveted to the upper edges of the inclined side plates and having another flange projecting horizontally at its end portions at least, a transverse bar riveted to the horizontal end flange portion, and a door hinged to said transverse bar.

3. A body for mining-ears having one open end and comprising floor-plates, one stationary end plate, inclined side plates, means for uniting said plates, an angle-bar riveted to the upper edges of the inclined side plates and having one leg at its ends bent to a horizontal position, a transverse flanged bar riveted to said horizontal portions of the side angle-bars, and a door hinged to said transverse bar.

4. A body for mining-cars comprising floorplates, an end plate, side plates projecting above the end plate, means for uniting said plates, and gusset-plates connecting the upper edge of the end plate and the upwardlyprojecting portion-"of the side plates.

5. A mining-car comprising floor, side, and one endplate suitably secured together and a door -at-' the opposite end, and a transverse flanged bar riveted to the lower face of the floor-plate below the door.

6. A mining-car comprising floor, side, and one end plate suitably secured together and a doorat the opposite end, the floor-plate projecting beyond the end plate and door, transverse flanged bars riveted to the lower face of the floor-plate below the end plate and door, and buffer-castings riveted to the lower face of the projecting portion of the floor-plate and abutting against said transverse angle-bars.

7. A mining-car comprising floor, side and end plates suitably secured together, the floorplate projecting beyond the end plate, a transverse flanged bar secured to the lower face of the floor-plate, buffer-castings secured to the lower face of the projecting portions of the floor-plate and abutting against said transverse bar, and a brace also-secured to the lower face of the floor-plate and abutting against said transverse bar.

8. A body for mining-cars having one end open and comprising side and floor plates and one stationary endplate, means for uniting said plates, a transverse bar secured to the car sides at the open end of the body,adoor hinged to said bar, a stop on the floor-plate, a bent lever pivoted to the door and having a downwardly-pr'ojecting latch-pieceand provided with a beveled end adapted to slide over the floor-plate and engage said stop, and a weighted arm secured to said'latch and projecting upwardly in aninclined direction and so arranged that it cannot pass the center of the lever-pivot.

In testimony whereof I, the said ARNOLD STUOKI, have hereunto set my hand.

ARNOLD STUCKI. 

